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Poor Follow Up Impacts Cash Flow

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Poor Follow Up Impacts Cash Flow

We’ve all heard the phrase, “your fortune is in the follow up” which is then immediately followed by, “yeah but I don’t want to be salesy”. Brace yourself friends, I need to tell you something straight and it might sting. Get over yourself. One of my great business colleagues says, “Sales is an act of love,” and if you are passionate about what you do and know that it provides great value to your ideal client then it is your obligation to follow up. Research shows that 80% of

Five Tips To Get Entrepreneurs Back to Work Now that Kids are Back to School

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Five Tips To Get Entrepreneurs Back to Work Now that Kids are Back to School

The last long weekend of the year is upon us and many entrepreneurs are cheering as they reclaim time to focus on their business endeavors, even as they shed a few tears as their beautiful kiddos have returned to school. While back to school activities bring about a whole new level of scheduling, not having the little darlings at home can free up some significant calendar space for business development activities and filling your sales pipeline if it’s run a little low. Here

The Art of the Email Introduction

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The Art of the Email Introduction

I love connecting people in business! I love the moment where someone I meet MUST know someone in my world. I love seeing someone with a need and having a solid and trusted resource for them to connect to for the solution they seek. I pride myself in making powerful and purposeful introductions. It came from a series of experiences early on my entrepreneurial journey where introductions were made for me that left me wondering, “What was the introducer thinking?” Here’s my alw

Friday's Featured Entrepreneur - Pia Larson - Fingerprint Marketing

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Friday's Featured Entrepreneur - Pia Larson - Fingerprint Marketing

Describe yourself – I am the Chief Imagination Officer at Fingerprint Marketing. I help small businesses leave a unique fingerprint online through custom designed websites. I identify what makes you unique and help you increase your leads and clients by cutting through the digital noise. 80% of potential clients are looking for you on their phone and you only have 8 seconds to capture their attention. What I do differently than most digital design studios is bring business an

Stay In Your Lane

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Stay In Your Lane

With the Olympics the past couple of weeks, it was hard as a business coach for women not to see all to correlations between athletics and business. It was a recent conversation with a friend that occurred on the night of the Michael Phelps win in the 200 M Butterfly when Chad Le Close is captured looking at him and not the goal that this idea really hit home. And then reinforced when Katie Ledecky at just 19 won her gold by 11 seconds – I was profoundly struck by the image o

You have the time. You just value something else more.

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You have the time. You just value something else more.

This past week I attended my 9th eWomenNetwork International Conference. It was a rich experience as always filled with many connections with familiar faces and friends, and met some amazing new women entrepreneurs. The main reason I attend each year is because of the chance to sit at the feet of some of the wisest men and women in business and hear their wisdom through my present place. We all know that we hear the message we need when we are ready to receive it. This year o

12 Way to Maximize Your Conference Experience

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12 Way to Maximize Your Conference Experience

“In this world you are either growing, or dying…so get busy and get growing.” Lou Holtz I think Coach would lend me some latitude and allow this, “in this world you are either learning or dying….” Whether you are attending a networking event, a half or full day workshop, or traveling to a different city for an industry conference; budgeting time and dollars for personal and professional development will sustain you and open doors on your path to success. As a business coach f

If You Don't Have Something Nice To Say

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If You Don't Have Something Nice To Say

Look it's happened to us all. We are frustrated, dismayed, annoyed or even pi**ed off, and we say that thing about someone else. It’s happened to me. It’s happened to you. It happened to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week. In a CNN interview she called Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, “a faker who makes things up as he goes along.” Immediately, people I know and respect who are RBG supporters disagreed with her statements. The next day, she apologized for

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What Is A Business Coach?

She is part cheerleader, part strategic advisor, part sober second thought, part bootie kicker, part accountability partner. She is tough and fair. Firm and compassionate. She is hopeful and doubtful. She is optimistic and pessimistic. It is her job. She coaches and counsels, questions and challenges. She dishes out tough love. And gives you a high five or a hug – depending on what you need. She thinks of her clients – all the time…..you really have no idea. She looks for opp

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Don't You Dare Quit

As a client hopped online for her video session, I could sense her energy was low, her eyes seemed sad and she didn’t start the call by looking into her webcam with the light I know she has. Her voice was a little quivery as she described the nature of her situation with her early stage start up. No news was how we started. A few weeks ago it was all possibilities, pitches were being made and they had gone better than great! Now…crickets. Radio silence. No news. No returned p

Your Intention Doesn't Match Your Action

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Your Intention Doesn't Match Your Action

I want to set the record straight. I believe in the power of positive thinking. I believe in the law of attraction. I set intentions. I’ve been known to do vision boards or dream boards and fill them with beautiful, peaceful pictures of nature and symbols that resonate with me. Yes, this practical primarily left brained business coach who loves spreadsheets, cash flow and all things related to running a successful business sets an intention for the day (gratitude is today’s),

WARNING - Upper Limit Problem Ahead

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WARNING - Upper Limit Problem Ahead

As a business coach focused on cash flow, my role is to continue to move clients along their path. Introducing, tools, techniques and strategies so they achieve their desired levels of success. Much of this work is what I refer to as the grind. It’s the daily actions over time that achieve results. A drip of water consistently over time will carve the stone it hits. A sudden rush of water, a strong force let’s say, may move the rock but it won’t change its face. Your busines

A Reluctant Networking Story

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A Reluctant Networking Story

This week I taught a class on the Benefits of Networking for the SBA here in Seattle. If you had said to me 9 years ago that I would be teaching networking to business owners through the SBA, and that I would lead one of the most prominent women’s professional networking groups and become internationally recognized for that work, I would have laughed in your face. Yet, it is all true. I was always a reluctant networker. In fact up until 2007, I couldn’t even stand the though

Five Factors You Aren't Measuring That Will Boost Your Business Bottom Line

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Five Factors You Aren't Measuring That Will Boost Your Business Bottom Line

Warning - some tough love ahead. If you tell yourself you're not good with numbers you'll never succeed in business. You were savvy enough to start your enterprise, you are savvy enough to follow what I'm about to share AND implement it in your own business. I am most often quoted as saying, "What we measure matters." Though, many business owners tell me they don't know the matters to measure. They look at top and bottom line numbers if the bottom is "in the red" - they know

Your Fortune Is In The Follow Up

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Your Fortune Is In The Follow Up

At a recent event I met a couple of individuals who really impressed me. They both were product providers. Products that I clearly indicated a curiosity about – both for myself and possibly clients. Both conversations were positive and ended with me saying, “This sounds really interesting – I’d like to learn more – can we connect in the next week or so?” Both replies were to the effect of ‘absolutely’. It’s been over two weeks. Neither individual has followed up. I know wh

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